Traveled to Rome with international legislators pushing for climate action   WASHINGTON (May 29, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) met with Pope Francis and high-level Vatican leaders to discuss the importance to act on climate change and to encourage the Catholic Church to continue to use their moral authority to elevate the... Read More

More than $4 million in funding for numerous projects throughout Commonwealth Washington (May 28, 2014) – Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Representatives Joseph P. Kennedy, William Keating, Niki Tsongas, Michael Capuano, Richard E. Neal, and John Tierney today applauded the Environmental Protections Agency’s (EPA)... Read More

  Washington (May 26, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement commemorating Memorial Day.   “We are a commonwealth and country grateful for the men and women who have defended us and made our nation safer and stronger. We have a sacred obligation to honor and care for our servicemen and... Read More

Lawmaker introduced legislation with Sens. Boxer & Sanders to move spent nuclear fuel into safer dray cask storage   Washington (May 27, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today published its... Read More

MARKEY, BLUMENTHAL, NELSON INTRODUCE BILL TO ELIMINATE CAP ON MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CIVIL FINE DOT CAN LEVY ON AUTOMAKERS (Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) introduced the Automaker Accountability Act of 2014, a bill that would eliminate the cap on the... Read More

In largest Congressional call to action, letter urges NFL to seize opportunity to remove ‘racial slur’   Senators: ‘Now is the time for the NFL to act’   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fifty U.S. Senators called on the National Football League (NFL) to formally endorse a name change of the Washington franchise, in... Read More

Lawmakers originally wrote in February to President Obama, who included funds in his FY2015 budget Washington (May 21, 2014) – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) today introduced bicameral legislation to fund research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on gun violence prevention and... Read More

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) will be holding a press conference Wednesday, May 19 to announce new legislation to address gun violence. The lawmakers will be joined by victim advocates, medical and health professionals and others to call for more research into firearm safety.  WHO: Senator Markey... Read More

Washington (May 19, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), principal House author of the 1992 Cable Act and a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after AT&T announced its intention to acquire DirecTV.  “Promoting consumer choice was at the heart of my efforts as... Read More

  Washington, D.C. -- The Co-Chairs of the Senate Climate Action Task Force, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), today announced that they will join other leading members of the House and Senate at a “Wake up Congress for... Read More

Washington (May 16, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement commemorating tomorrow’s ten-year anniversary of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the decision that made Massachusetts the first state to guarantee marriage equality for all... Read More

Thursday, May 15, 2014 – Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rick Sullivan today announced a new grant program to help improve water quality in Buzzards Bay and its watershed. Part of a broader U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) effort to address common water quality problems in the region, the grants will focus on... Read More

In wake of GM recall, Senators Markey and Blumenthal introduced legislation to increase transparency and earlier reporting of auto defects   Washington (May 16, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement after the federal government... Read More

Washington (May 15, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, released the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted items related to the upcoming incentive auction and net neutrality. “Without a truly open Internet, America will... Read More

Focuses on need to protect students, provide tools to parents when information shared with third parties Washington (May 14, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today... Read More

$310 million to come to Mass. through the Water Resources Reform and Development Act Washington (May 13, 2014) – Massachusetts Senators Edward J. Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Congressmen Michael Capuano and Stephen Lynch today applauded the inclusion of the $310 million Boston Harbor dredging project in the Water Resources Reform and... Read More

GAO report released this week highlights lack of inspections, low fines, weak enforcement of even high risk wells   WASHINGTON (May 13, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today asked the Interior Department what it has done and will do to increase well inspections and... Read More

Three bills address safety of spent fuel storage and decommissioning plans     Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced three bills today aimed at improving the safety and security... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey and Representatives Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Michael Capuano, Stephen Lynch, Bill Keating, and Katherine Clark today announced $8.9 million in U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants to support projects at Massachusetts airports. "These significant FAA... Read More

Authored bipartisan legislation to incentivize, hasten development of devices specifically for children Washington (May 9, 2014) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Reauthorization Act (PMDSIA), today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) querying the agency... Read More